Mercury Retrograde 1983

Mercury is retrograde four times in 1983: from January 7 to January 27 in Aquarius and Capricorn; from May 1 to May 25 in Taurus; from September 2 to September 24 in Libra and Virgo; from December 22 to January 11, 1984 in Capricorn. The next Mercury retrograde after 1983 begins on April 11, 1984 at 6°41' Taurus. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 7, 1983, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 21, 1982 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 16, 1983. For the retrograde that begins May 1, 1983, the pre-retrograde shadow starts April 17, 1983 and the post-retrograde shadow ends June 10, 1983. For the retrograde that begins September 2, 1983, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 13, 1983 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 9, 1983. For the retrograde that begins December 22, 1983, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 4, 1983 and the post-retrograde shadow ends January 30, 1984.

From January 7, 1983, Mercury turns retrograde at 2°34' Aquarius and turns direct at 16°28' Capricorn. From May 1, 1983, Mercury turns retrograde at 25°32' Taurus and turns direct at 16°25' Taurus. From September 2, 1983, Mercury turns retrograde at 0°44' Libra and turns direct at 16°22' Virgo. From December 22, 1983, Mercury turns retrograde at 16°39' Capricorn and turns direct at 0°22' Capricorn.

Mercury spends about 77 days of 1983 retrograde.

Mercury retrograde is traditionally associated with reviewing plans, conversations, contracts, devices, and travel arrangements. Astrologers read it as a time to review rather than launch.

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.